Apparatus for cleaning boots and shoes



April 14; 1925. 1,533,765

P. SCHMALFUSS APPARATUS FOR CLEANING-@OOTS AND snoss Filed June 9. 1924Patented Apr. 14, 1925.

uniTEo sra'rss PAUL sonmarross, or snrrnnrrz, nnan Marianna, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BOOTS AND SHOES.

Application filed June 9, 1324. Serial No. 713,989.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PAUL SoHMALrUss, a Germancitizen, and residing at Seiferitz, near Meerane, Saxony, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improve ments in an Apparatus forCleaning Boots and Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved apparatus for cleaning boots andshoes, which essentially comprises a plurality of brush rollers mountedon a common shaft and adapted to be set in rotation by means of a handcrank while the boot or shoe ing boots and shoes on the foot of theperson wearing the same.

Referring to Figs-1 to i inclusive, the apparatus comprises a box orcasing a; of any appropriate material, in the side walls 5 of which thebrush roller shaft 0 is revolubly mounted. Said shaft carries fixedbrush rollers cl, 6, f arranged side by side thereon and designed fordifferent purposes of cleaning: for instance, the brush (Z for removingdust and dirt, the brush 6 for applying the boot polish, and the brush ffor polishing; 9 indicating the bosses of said brush rollers. lhe shaft0 projects at one end beyond said casing a and carries here a hand crankit which, if desired, may be removable. The casing a is open at itslower front side 2', through which opening the boot or shoe can be heldby hand in any position against the brush rollers. The dust and dirtremoved from the boot or shoe is collected at the bottom Z, of thecasing a and can be removed therefrom by opening said bottom which forthis purpose is hinged to the casing. Lugs m on the casing a serve tofix the apparatus on a table, bench, or the like. Within the casing aand behind the brush roller 0 a boot polish receiver a is arranged insuch a way that the rotating brush roller makes contact with the bootpolish, said receiver being adjustable with reference to the brushroller 6, for which purpose it is carried by two arms 0 having a seriesof, preferably two, notches 79 therein by either of which they can beattached to the shaft 0 (Fig. 2). Upright links 9* on said arms 0 serveto facilitate said adjustment, for which purpose furthermore the middlepart a of the casing cover is hinged at a and can be raised. The lowerend of the receiver a is supported on a fixed plate 9 forming part ofthe casing a. .To permit along use of the brush rollers though the samebecome worn, the shaft 0 is adjustable toward the front opening 11 ofthe casing a, for which purpose it is supported in horizontal slots .9of the side walls I) of the casing a by means of sliding-blocks n, whichcanbe adjusted in forward and rear ward directions by means of screws tlo cated in integral bosses o of the casing side walls 5.

In the construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the casing a carries acolumn to in the upper end of which a gearing axle m is revolublymounted. Said axle carries, beside the crank handle h, a cord roller gwhich. is connected with another cord roller 2 onthe shaft 0 by means ofa cord :0 a. A separate platform j serves to put the foot with the boot7c thereon, said platform extending through the open front side 2' ofthe casing.

hat I claim, is: T

1. Apparatus for cleaning boots shoes, comprising in combination, acasing with open front side, a. rotary shaft mounted in the side wallsof said casing, a plurality of fixed brush rollers on said shaft withinsaid casing, and a polish receiver located within said casing and behindone of said brush rollers in contact with the same and adapted to be adusted wlth reference to said roller, substantially as setv forth.

2. In an apparatuses specified in claim and 1, a fixed plate formingpart of said casing my hand in the presence of two subscribto supportthe lower end of said receiver, ing Witnesses.

and fixed arms on said! receiver having notches therein by either ofWhich they PAUL SCHMALFUSS. can be attached to said shaft, substantiallyitnessesz as set forth. RUDOLPH FRIOKE,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set WILLY STIER.

